Fitzroy • since 2016 • issue #97

No rules. Just raw game writing.

Savage Storm Kingdom is a photocopied game zine out of Brunswick Street — brutal reviews, obsessive guides and the indie spotlights the big sites won't touch.

A cluttered desk of controllers, zines and scattered game cartridges

Cut, pasted & covered every week

RPGs Indie Retro Speedruns Local scene
The regular columns

What lands in every issue

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Savage Reviews

Weekly • free to read • 1,500–2,000 words

No score inflation, no publisher hugs. We sit with a game for a full week and file the honest verdict — the good, the janky and the moments that made us throw the controller across the Fitzroy flat.

A worn keyboard and notes for a walkthrough guide

Deep-Dive Guides

Fortnightly • members from A$6/mo • fully spoiler-tagged

Boss patterns, hidden builds and 100% routes, tested to death before we print a word. Every guide is versioned against the latest patch so you're never following stale advice into a wipe.

An arcade cabinet glowing in a dark room

Indie Spotlight

Monthly • pitch us your build • dev interviews included

We give a full feature to one under-the-radar release each month, straight from the Melbourne and Naarm dev scene outward. Expect the making-of story, the failed prototypes, and where to actually buy it.

Straight from the mailbag

What the readers reckon

“The only review site that told me not to buy the game I'd already pre-ordered. Refunded in ten minutes. Bloody heroes.”

Jordan M. — Collingwood, VIC · Mar 2025

“Followed the deep-dive boss guide beat for beat and cleared the final tier first try. Worth every cent of the membership.”

Priya S. — Brunswick, VIC · Jan 2025

“My little studio got the indie spotlight and we tripled our wishlists in a week. These people actually play the builds.”

Dylan K. — Fitzroy North, VIC · Nov 2024
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